Cesare Gelli
Also Known As: Cesare Galli
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: November 28, 1932
Deathday: August 27, 2016
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Il fischio al naso
Overview: In this unusual offbeat black comedy directed by Ugo Tognazzi, Giuseppe (Tognazzi) is a middle-aged industrialist obsessed with gadgets. When his nose starts to whistle uncontrollably, he checks into a clinic to resolve the problem. What begins as a minor affliction worsens, and Giuseppe is placed on a different floor as his ailments multiply. The sicker he gets, the higher he goes up in the floors of the clinic, until he is near death's door.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-06
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Candida
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-04-05
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Rugantino
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1998-12-22
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My Name Is Thomas
Overview: The story of a man who sets out on his motorcycle from Italy on a trip to the Spanish desert to find himself there. But the encounter with the young Maryam changes the plans of the adventure sustainable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-04-19
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All Screwed Up
Overview: A group of workers from the south of Italy live collectively in Milan, where money isn't everything, it's the only thing, in 1974.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-02-22
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The Black Sheep
Overview: Mario and Filippo are two twin brothers, the honorable one want to bring morality back into Italian political life, as president of the Commission for the investigation of corruption. The other brother is a cynical trickster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-11-09
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La calandria
Overview: The luxurious Livio bets with the lord of the city to seduce a young bride in a month, at the cost of his genitals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-21
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One Way or Another
Overview: Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-04-30
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Perdono
Overview: Federico, his girlfriend Laura and her cousin, Caterina, are three young people full of hope, united by a great friendship that seems indissoluble. The three work in a department store but, when Caterina decides to attempt a musical career, given her vocal skills, everything changes. Caterina becomes a successful singer and Federico falls in love with her. Caterina, who however does not want to make her cousin Laura suffer, pretends not to reciprocate the young man by making him put his head in order. Meanwhile, the plots of various secondary characters evolve, in particular the fresh marriage between the security guard Antonio and the secretary of the department stores Adelina.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-12-06
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Riderà! - Cuore matto
Overview: Antonio Moruzzo is the son of a butcher with a passion for music and beautiful girls. The father wants him to study but he would rather run around the countryside and sing his songs.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-02-22
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Be Sick… It's Free
Overview: Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-10-24
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Lobster for Breakfast
Overview: Marco is married to Carla, a rich businesswoman. She's off to Geneva for two days; he has a tryst with Monique, a Swedish air hostess. Carla's flight is canceled, so she heads home about to catch Mario en flagrant. Mario's salvation is Enrico, an old school mate and hapless salesman who shows up to beg Mario to buy toilets so he won't lose his job. Mario signs an order in exchange for Enrico's posing as Monique's husband. Carla invites them to stay overnight and join a business dinner party catered by Enrico's wife, Matilde. Enrico spends the evening trying to avoid her, Mario spends it chasing the willing Monique, and Carla wants to close a deal. Can this farce end happily?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-01
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S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Overview: In 71 BC in Rome, utter disorder reigns in the form of political corruption and bribery involving the senator Cynic (Leslie Nielsen). The situation is claimed to be similar to the “Tangentopoli” situation in Italy in the 1990s: one of the politicians involved was Bettino Craxi.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-12-15
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Mademoiselle de Maupin
Overview: Mademoiselle de Maupin escapes from her uncle's castle, invaded by Hungarian troops, under the guise of a clergyman named Theodore. An army recruiter forces Theodore to enlist in the King's army, and not even the religious robe is an insurance against it. Theodore is assigned to be aide-de-camp to Alcibiade, a man as virile in combat, as he seems troubled for the figure of his aid. D'Albert, an aristocrat, will expose Theodore's true sex, and after a number of confusing, comedy situations, Alcibiade will appease his troubled feelings.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-01-13
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Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
Overview: Mandrake and his new friends still continue to bet (and lose a lot of money) on horse races. What will they invent for cheating money?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-10-31
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Mille bolle blu
Overview: The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as seen from the eyes of Sandrino, a little kid who is awaiting for a total eclipse of the sun, that really happened during summer of '61, and it was was fully visible from Italy. He sees his family life, a young girl who is about to marry a man she doesn't love, an old man who has just died and whose relatives fight for his inheritance, a blind trumpet player who hopes to recover, his little friends...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Let's Have a Riot
Overview: Episodes centering on different aspects of early-1970s Italian life, set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-19
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Arrivano i gatti
Overview: Four young comedians from Verona ('I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli') go to Rome trying to achieve big success on cinema or TV.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-13
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Terror Express
Overview: Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-10
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The Bilingual Lover
Overview: Joan Mares obsession for the lovely and luscious Norma Valenti takes epic proportions because he cannot let go of her. After he is injured by some skin heads, he uses his scars to pursue his life as a street musician. He devices a plan to get to Norma and she never catches on to his deceit, except she realizes that as Juan Faneca his performance in bed is exactly what she had experienced with Joan Mares because she concludes they were taught sex by the same prostitute.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-04-02
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The Hawks and the Sparrows
Overview: A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-05-04
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Thrilling
Overview: An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-10-21
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Man Only Cries for Love
Overview: Tony and some friends put together a rock band to do some concerts and earn some money. Unfortunately the military service is incumbent, but fortunately the boys will find themselves in the same barracks.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-27
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È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere
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Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-12-23
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Night Is Made for Stealing
Overview: A new type of safe, touted as impregnable, alarms insurance companies. To deny the factory's assumptions, three burglars are hired with the task of violating one. A wealthy jeweler's new safe is targeted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-09-01
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Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-12-23
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